Moved apache2 and letsencrypt directories (and Sites) from a Mac Intel to a Mac M1 and Certbot now issues the dreaded "Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80"

guitar_piano · August 12, 2021, 5:30am

Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. Note: you must provide your domain name to get help. Domain names for issued certificates are all made public in Certificate Transparency logs (e.g. crt.sh | example.com), so withholding your domain name here does not increase secrecy, but only makes it harder for us to provide help.

My domain is: adager.biz (and several others, which appear in certbot's report below)

I ran this command: sudo certbot renew

It produced this output:

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/adager.biz.conf

ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Renewing an existing certificate for adager.biz and 15 more domains
Failed to renew certificate adager.biz with error: Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/alfredorego.mobi.conf

ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Renewing an existing certificate for alfredorego.mobi and 21 more domains
Failed to renew certificate alfredorego.mobi with error: Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/hp3000advisor.org.conf

ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Renewing an existing certificate for hp3000advisor.org and 6 more domains
Failed to renew certificate hp3000advisor.org with error: Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.leslierego.co.conf

ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Renewing an existing certificate for www.leslierego.co and 9 more domains
Failed to renew certificate www.leslierego.co with error: Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.spp.marketing.conf

ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Renewing an existing certificate for www.spp.marketing and 17 more domains
Failed to renew certificate www.spp.marketing with error: Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

All renewals failed. The following certificates could not be renewed:
/etc/letsencrypt/live/adager.biz/fullchain.pem (failure)
/etc/letsencrypt/live/alfredorego.mobi/fullchain.pem (failure)
/etc/letsencrypt/live/hp3000advisor.org/fullchain.pem (failure)
/etc/letsencrypt/live/www.leslierego.co/fullchain.pem (failure)
/etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spp.marketing/fullchain.pem (failure)

5 renew failure(s), 0 parse failure(s)
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

My web server is (include version): Apache/2.4.46 (Unix)

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Mac Mini M1 under Big Sur macOS 11.4. Please note that before I moved the directories for apache2 and letsencrypt (and Sites) from an Intel Mac, Certbot worked perfectly on that Intel Mac, renewing flawlessly.

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: In house.

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): Yes

I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel): No.

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot): certbot 1.18.0

letsdebug.net reports that everything is OK. For example:

https://letsdebug.net/adager.biz

Let's Debug

Thanks for any insights and guidance.

guitar_piano · August 12, 2021, 5:33am

This might be helpful:

alfredo@www ~ % apachectl -S

VirtualHost configuration:
*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
         default server adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:23)
         port 80 namevhost adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:23)
                 alias www.adager.com
                 alias ww.adager.com
                 alias w.adager.com
         port 80 namevhost adager.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:38)
                 alias www.adager.biz
                 alias ww.adager.biz
                 alias w.adager.biz
         port 80 namevhost adager.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:53)
                 alias www.adager.co
                 alias ww.adager.co
                 alias w.adager.co
         port 80 namevhost adager.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:68)
                 alias www.adager.info
                 alias ww.adager.info
                 alias w.adager.info
         port 80 namevhost adager.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:83)
                 alias www.adager.mobi
                 alias ww.adager.mobi
                 alias w.adager.mobi
         port 80 namevhost adager.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:98)
                 alias www.adager.net
                 alias ww.adager.net
                 alias w.adager.net
         port 80 namevhost adager.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:113)
                 alias www.adager.org
                 alias ww.adager.org
                 alias w.adager.org
         port 80 namevhost adager.us (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:128)
                 alias www.adager.us
                 alias ww.adager.us
                 alias w.adager.us
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:145)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:153)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:161)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:169)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:177)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:185)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:193)
         port 80 namevhost rw.adager.us (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:201)
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:211)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.biz
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.biz
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.biz
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:227)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.co
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.co
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.co
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:243)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.com
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.com
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.com
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.company (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:259)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.company
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.company
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.company
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.email (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:275)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.email
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.email
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.email
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:291)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.info
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.info
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.info
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:307)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.mobi
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.mobi
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.mobi
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.name (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:323)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.name
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.name
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.name
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:339)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.net
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.net
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.net
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:355)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.org
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.org
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.org
         port 80 namevhost AlfredoRego.website (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:371)
                 alias www.AlfredoRego.website
                 alias ww.AlfredoRego.website
                 alias w.AlfredoRego.website
                 alias spp.AlfredoRego.website
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:388)
                 alias www.Delamon.biz
                 alias ww.Delamon.biz
                 alias w.Delamon.biz
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:399)
                 alias www.Delamon.co
                 alias ww.Delamon.co
                 alias w.Delamon.co
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:410)
                 alias www.Delamon.com
                 alias ww.Delamon.com
                 alias w.Delamon.com
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:421)
                 alias www.Delamon.info
                 alias ww.Delamon.info
                 alias w.Delamon.info
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:432)
                 alias www.Delamon.mobi
                 alias ww.Delamon.mobi
                 alias w.Delamon.mobi
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.name (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:443)
                 alias www.Delamon.name
                 alias ww.Delamon.name
                 alias w.Delamon.name
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:454)
                 alias www.Delamon.net
                 alias ww.Delamon.net
                 alias w.Delamon.net
         port 80 namevhost Delamon.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:465)
                 alias www.Delamon.org
                 alias ww.Delamon.org
                 alias w.Delamon.org
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:476)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.biz
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.biz
                 alias w.DelamonRego.biz
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:487)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.co
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.co
                 alias w.DelamonRego.co
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:498)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.com
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.com
                 alias w.DelamonRego.com
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:509)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.info
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.info
                 alias w.DelamonRego.info
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:520)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.mobi
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.mobi
                 alias w.DelamonRego.mobi
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.name (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:531)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.name
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.name
                 alias w.DelamonRego.name
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:542)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.net
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.net
                 alias w.DelamonRego.net
         port 80 namevhost DelamonRego.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:553)
                 alias www.DelamonRego.org
                 alias ww.DelamonRego.org
                 alias w.DelamonRego.org
         port 80 namevhost hp3000advisor.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:564)
                 alias www.hp3000advisor.com
                 alias ww.hp3000advisor.com
                 alias w.hp3000advisor.com
         port 80 namevhost hp3000advisor.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:579)
                 alias www.hp3000advisor.net
                 alias ww.hp3000advisor.net
                 alias w.hp3000advisor.net
         port 80 namevhost hp3000advisor.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:594)
                 alias www.hp3000advisor.org
                 alias ww.hp3000advisor.org
                 alias w.hp3000advisor.org
         port 80 namevhost LeslieRego.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:609)
                 alias www.LeslieRego.co
                 alias ww.LeslieRego.co
                 alias w.LeslieRego.co
         port 80 namevhost LeslieRego.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:625)
                 alias www.LeslieRego.com
                 alias ww.LeslieRego.com
                 alias w.LeslieRego.com
         port 80 namevhost LeslieRego.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:641)
                 alias www.LeslieRego.info
                 alias ww.LeslieRego.info
                 alias w.LeslieRego.info
         port 80 namevhost LeslieRego.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:657)
                 alias www.LeslieRego.net
                 alias ww.LeslieRego.net
                 alias w.LeslieRego.net
         port 80 namevhost LeslieRego.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:673)
                 alias www.LeslieRego.org
                 alias ww.LeslieRego.org
                 alias w.LeslieRego.org
         port 80 namevhost Rego.company (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:689)
                 alias www.Rego.company
                 alias ww.Rego.company
                 alias w.Rego.company
         port 80 namevhost Rego.email (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:700)
                 alias www.Rego.email
                 alias ww.Rego.email
                 alias w.Rego.email
         port 80 namevhost spp.care (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:720)
                 alias www.spp.care
                 alias ww.spp.care
                 alias w.spp.care
         port 80 namevhost spp.coffee (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:735)
                 alias www.spp.coffee
                 alias ww.spp.coffee
                 alias w.spp.coffee
         port 80 namevhost spp.company (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:750)
                 alias www.spp.company
                 alias ww.spp.company
                 alias w.spp.company
         port 80 namevhost spp.design (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:765)
                 alias www.spp.design
                 alias ww.spp.design
                 alias w.spp.design
         port 80 namevhost spp.expert (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:780)
                 alias www.spp.expert
                 alias ww.spp.expert
                 alias w.spp.expert
         port 80 namevhost spp.marketing (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:795)
                 alias www.spp.marketing
                 alias ww.spp.marketing
                 alias w.spp.marketing
         port 80 namevhost spp.technology (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:810)
                 alias www.spp.technology
                 alias ww.spp.technology
                 alias w.spp.technology
         port 80 namevhost spp.tips (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:825)
                 alias www.spp.tips
                 alias ww.spp.tips
                 alias w.spp.tips
         port 80 namevhost spp.world (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:840)
                 alias www.spp.world
                 alias ww.spp.world
                 alias w.spp.world
         port 80 namevhost link.adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:855)
         port 80 namevhost download.adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:863)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:871)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:879)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:887)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:895)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:903)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:911)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:919)
         port 80 namevhost spp.adager.us (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:927)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.biz (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:935)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.co (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:943)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:951)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.company (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:959)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.email (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:967)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:975)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.mobi (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:983)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.name (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:991)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.net (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:999)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.org (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:1007)
         port 80 namevhost spp.AlfredoRego.website (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:1015)
*:443                  is a NameVirtualHost
         default server adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:121)
         port 443 namevhost adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:121)
         port 443 namevhost adager.com (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts-le-ssl.conf:2)
                 alias www.adager.com
                 alias ww.adager.com
                 alias w.adager.com
         port 443 namevhost adager.info (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts-le-ssl.conf:19)
                 alias www.adager.info
                 alias ww.adager.info
                 alias w.adager.info
. . .

And more, which I removed because of your size limit.

rg305 · August 12, 2021, 3:21pm

Hi @guitar_piano, and welcome to the LE community forum and thanks for the added info

There is an issue with certbot and Mac systems; as the Mac doesn't seem to store the Apache files where certbot expects them.

This should be able to help you get them both on the same page:
[from: User Guide — Certbot 1.16.0.dev0 documentation (eff.org)]

guitar_piano · August 12, 2021, 5:41pm

Hi @rg305

I appreciate your quick and to-the-point response regarding the unfulfilled expectations regarding certbot and Mac systems.

I'm not sure about the best way to configure the necessary Apache plugin options with the specific locations of the directories on this Mac.

I did the following three attempts, guessing that they might be relevant, but no luck so far.

Before continuing stabbing in the (apparent) dark, I thought it would be wise to report my results so far and to ask for further guidance.

Is this a reasonable way to configure the necessary Apache plugin options (one by one, and with this particular syntax)?
Any hints regarding WHICH option(s) might be the most fruitful?
Any hints regarding WHICH specific Mac directories might be the most fruitful? I suspect I might have guessed wrong.

Thanks.

Alfredo

alfredo@ww ~ % sudo certbot --apache-bin /usr/sbin/httpd
Password:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Could not find OpenSSL version; not disabling session tickets.
Please enter the domain name(s) you would like on your certificate (comma and/or
space separated) (Enter 'c' to cancel): hp3000advisor.com
Requesting a certificate for hp3000advisor.com
Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

alfredo@ww ~ % sudo certbot --apache-vhost-root /private/etc/apache2/extra/
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Please enter the domain name(s) you would like on your certificate (comma and/or
space separated) (Enter 'c' to cancel): hp3000advisor.com
Requesting a certificate for hp3000advisor.com
Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

alfredo@ww ~ % sudo certbot --apache-server-root /private/etc/apache2/
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
ssl_module is statically linked but --apache-bin is missing; not disabling session tickets.
Please enter the domain name(s) you would like on your certificate (comma and/or
space separated) (Enter 'c' to cancel): hp3000advisor.com
Requesting a certificate for hp3000advisor.com
Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

rg305 · August 12, 2021, 6:27pm

A1. No, not one by one (most are not relevant)

A2. Based on the error message:
--apache-bin is required
--apache-server-root might be useful
--apache-vhost-root might be useful
--apache-challenge-location might be useful

A3. I don't use Mac, so I can't help you there more than to say:
You are not the first to have this type of problem here.
Try searching for recent related topics.

And on a different possible solution path, have you looked into using --webroot instead of --apache authenticator?

guitar_piano · August 12, 2021, 7:07pm

You are a genius: Thank you so very much.

alfredo@www ~ % sudo certbot certonly --webroot --webroot-path /Users/alfredo/Sites/hp3000advisor_org -d hp3000advisor.org
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Requesting a certificate for hp3000advisor.org

Successfully received certificate.
Certificate is saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/hp3000advisor.org-0001/fullchain.pem
Key is saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/hp3000advisor.org-0001/privkey.pem
This certificate expires on 2021-11-10.
These files will be updated when the certificate renews.

NEXT STEPS:

The certificate will need to be renewed before it expires. Certbot can automatically renew the certificate in the background, but you may need to take steps to enable that functionality. See User Guide — Certbot 1.16.0.dev0 documentation for instructions.

If you like Certbot, please consider supporting our work by:

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rg305 · August 12, 2021, 7:14pm

Perfect! Glad I could help.
Cheers from Miami

#FreeCuba

guitar_piano · August 12, 2021, 7:29pm

I would respectfully suggest to the certbot maintainers that they might want to consider the following.

Whenever certbot issues this error message:

Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

It would save hundreds of thousands of hours of grief (according to Google's hits when searching for this dreaded error message) if your brilliant suggestion were to be included immediately after the error message:

Try the --webroot authenticator instead of the --apache authenticator.

(And any other helpful suggestions, of course.)

Be it as it may, I'm deeply grateful to you for your help.

system · September 11, 2021, 7:30pm

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